We are delighted to be taking part in ‘Syd Barrett - Mad Cap’s Last Laugh’, a tribute to the life and work of the founding member of Pink Floyd.
We will be joining an all-star line-up including Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan, King Creosote with Gordon Anderson (The Aliens), Mike Heron, Robyn Hitchcock and Chrissie Hynde to name but a few.
The evening will consist of music, lights, rare film footage and projections of Syd Barrett’s paintings.
Tickets are available online or by telephone from the Barbican at www.barbican.org.uk or 020 7638 8891.
The final performance for our Young Singers Development Course takes place on Thursday 19th April at the Alima Centre on Sefton Street.
The doors open at 7.30pm and the performance will start at 8.00pm.
This performance is the culmination of a series of workshops which have taken place over seven months concentrating on the artistic development of the young people taking part. The seven participants have been given tuition in vocal techniques, song writing skills and performance skills.
Entry is free so please come along and bring your friends to show your support and have a great evening in the process!
Our Singing In Harmony Course returns for 12 weeks starting on 18th April.
There are 11 weekly sessions on Wednesday evenings from 6.30pm-8.30pm at the Liverpool Community College Arts Centre on Myrtle Street.
The course culminates in a group performance to which you can invite your family and friends to show off your new-found talents!
Please see our ‘Training And Education’ section for more information or contact the office on 0151 707 1050 to get involved.
The fabulous Jennifer John is performing in London at The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Street, N16 8JH at 8.30pm.
It’s guaranteed to be a superb evening of music with Faye Patton and Kate Shortt also on the bill. Tickets are £8/£5 and booking is highly recommended on 020 7254 4097.
The flyer can be viewed by clicking the following link vortex-flyer.pdf
Welcome to our NEW WEBSITE!!!
We have lots of new features for you to interact with. You can now listen to our artists, see our yearly calender of events and post comments.
2007 promises to be our most exciting year to date and we look forward to sharing our developments with you on this page so keep checking in for regular updates!
Big thanks to Igoo, especially Ben Waldron, for all his time and effort in designing the website.
Our very own and very wonderful Juliet Russell is performing this Sunday 18th March at The Globe Theatre at The Bedford, Balham, South London at 7.30pm and tickets are £5.
If you haven’t heard anything by Juliet before, visit our ‘Singers’ section of the website to get a taste of what’s in store.
We have new ‘Introduction to Singing’ and ‘Singing in Harmony’ courses starting in London and Liverpool in March and April.
Go to our ‘Training and Education’ section of the website for more details and how you can get involved!
Sense of Sound was invited by Greenpeace to be the featured choir in a new composition, 5 Minutes To Midnight, by Damon Albarn, Brian Eno and David Coulter in protest against the plans to replace Trident, the UK’s current nuclear weapons system.
You can find out more about the campaign and how you can show your support from the following websites www.no-bomb.com and www.greenpeace.org.uk
The following are links to some of the coverage about the campaign -
Congratulations to our fantastic choir on their amazing performance in the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Finals last weekend. It is a huge achievement and we had a wonderful day. Well done to you all, you were brilliant!
The Choir Performance Course in London has just drawn to a climatic close, with a show stopping performance by the trainees at Ginglik in Shepherds Bush. Bravo!
Juliet Russell and Flexie also treated us to fantastic performances of their own original songs and a great night was had by all.
